The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-15 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET. AND 411fURCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Au CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. t i r 'i 4 S aajer f ee li ng is reported to-day in discount ttpes. and the re is a moderate inquiry, but more to , ( hal is a float and a greater inclination is ev i nce d ?„,!aasact busi ness on terms a fraction below the "'annum of the Bank of England. the k i 13a further sum of £ll,OOO i n go ld was t a k en i n t o , r elt On Saturday. fact i 4 deices received this morning from the mann• oft:ring districts report in a very cheerful manner k A t ,' eandition of trade there during the past wee aa .Q.l.4df°r d and Huddersfield an improved tone was /4 1 1 f elted in the cloth and woollen markets. At ted' a s ii al 'n there was a larger attendance of buyers, togWranehester the reduction in the rate of discount ki l e C et with a mere hopeful feeling regarding opereleetal politics in connection with this country, tllre 4 : e(l Very favourably for business, manufac. otderr- having shown more disposition to accept th e t B , The hardware trade in Birmingham and 4 41 „, e "' continued very active, and at Wolver -4,„ 'en large orders were still being completed for te k , om rB. Baring Brothers and Co. have received :: 8 ), 11 / a il, on account of th 3 Grenada divi e 398. /411:1custom -house of San :rose de Cacuta, 11re . Barin g B rothers and Co. ' s agents zaela advise that they have received, for 55 per to l t o ,: t t he import duties for three weeks, from the kto;ll°4Be of La G uayra , 40 , 548 d o l e . 23c. ;tind 'total(l4 Pue rto Cab e ll o, 32.298 d o l e . 83e.—making tod 81,f 72,847 dols. 6c. Messrs. Baring Brothers (3 01e e :,: " a " also the pleasure to announce that the deb t ; in t eent of Venezuela fully acknowledge as .e a s Itai k :', l3 75,000 dols. abstracted from the duties kei„ e ' to the bondholders, to be repaid whenever hieecial position of the treasury will permit. th kl e , gre at and increasing demand for Sou for ly e e°4l has led to the formation of a nompa o n: 414 Pnrpose of purchasing and working c hs l 14181:1:18°11th Wales. The Parliamentary retur Ported is fr om Port Ih nv? that ne ar ly one -fourth of the coal stgeports i n S ou th Wales, and as the r 'rt h B° f the material from Cardiff and New -4%- atte rly inad equate to mee t th e necessary. 44464' eer tain profitable return for any iave st 01 th at dir ect i on is thus secured. ',the price telt ta ntil W ales coal has increased within the last kill f oci ha from Bs. to lls. or 12s. per ton, and il tee i : Co upled with other favourable circu f m - " 4 th e : ; "oe led to the formation of a company for the lease of some extensive seams . o p o .`lbergEtvoun identical with, and forming }), I t h tl e °ll I; those now in progress of working 40i55, 13lite narvon and other similar com kat It is esti mate d t h at w h en i n full topi t 'eas t 30 0,000 tons will be raised by the new Y b ill P° l l which, after the most careful calca -144 ' M I of 20 per cent. will be realised. The It t2i required is £200,000 in 8,000 shares 41 ' hi ß i: 4e h• The directors are all gentlemen of 114 sou e i a a t Standing in the commercial world. : l ere hle portion of the capital of the City 11 , 1 t- ; ° Club and. Dining Hall Company ' l ,l3 te i :l has been subscribed for this day, and Mr. -°°l4l Merchant, has joined the directors. At_______ It t he z , Two O'CLOCK. At Paris , Ael itt , 4 -li ours() this morning, according to ot r e tel egram, led „ l td b uf • 450 the 3 per Cent. Rentes were Tll4 -, lp.F . • I, tid e r , ish Stook Market opened this morning .4,tv... depressed b tltil 't th an 0 : aPpearance, and the Funds are now Sptilit°_4:°frnonetar Saturday. Were it not for the easy affairs and the unfavourable t° th t , 6 "ery n n ,„ 1 thlB ß e°4"laental and then circulated with regard lit e : Wo u l d be War, securities at the Stock Ex -404'• A s i Tond all doubt suffer to a greater fil I )te r • . toil, the . , q)q t POI SE , „ discount market acts as (1) 14 8 are not, t he warlike rumours, and English after Ilie ki s are la 4 . h et) ow 963 ;Ill: so greatly depreciated. ) 4 1ti, 1 'mt. Th e is ? 8 for money, and 911- 1 for Nit ,are 901 91 , N V Threes and Reduced An ali. ExchequerT:eattrilCoeiTosii:elo3l Bills, Bs. to as. dis. ; 104 ; ditto Debentures, Bonds par. Bank Stock is marked ti o l b li tilt 1, , -, 4,, - Qt e i„, , 1 862 41 1 p ri '6 4 Market there is not much anima • 17: lined l e s are less firm. Turkish 6 per Cents., P 44 1. Cire e y 4 ; (1 0. Consolides, 471 -1-; Mexican, 36r 1 t ollf l e v s e, 3 ' a , 20ft a; do. Coupons, 91 t; Spanish ) 1 2er 4te '. 1 .4 . do. Certificates, 137,- s ; and the hi.➢ ' 4lll (ie ..` 4oa n, 49 51. Yli . B in th Ili th , tilit, d, e Railway Share Market has been 4 4 : 1 3' R i ven a nd prices have, in some instances, Il to t i t ili hire 4to wa y. Metropolitan, Great Western, 1. 4 : „ lo s, 'A Yorkshire, and Great Northern A NI 1 , 4 'erei gu li ti jiati on. and Colonial lines exhibit no mate tt k asll4tht ill, 4 od Mis cellaneous shares are in rather more hose; 1 otto e xhibit a slight improvement as regards iAtr ixi 4l4ll Financial Association are quoted ---- 1 / 4 : (4 e it li t ia ll t i N llBl.l FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. i 1 t eat , T Fp tittrk'Ac'C°4Bola Nias • t ° l lni ,t1"1 silt, 4 , March 5 9l 1 kli zi Per e educed tli ti pe e ae ellt .... 1 k k i) t, iti:' fe'r3"o3'l%, ex *:;; . ~, 11 ( od Yrs, e _F . e 6th Jan., 1880 — e oll 8e xpir e sth April, 1885. tot4a till a Te legr h t lli rk £1 oon rash April, Aug. 1908. 41tk E a i s -, 2 1 & 3 per Cent 3 8 dis 00 L i ltt: rl itland s , £lOO and £200 9 11% ~t o e Q 13, , 44 it 0,0042.4,11- per Ct., last M.-yr. 238 bi b ' 4ke e l .:4 p er E " 'SECURITIES. 14.." 0 5 ~1 1e .t. • Cent., April 1874 — 1 ) .‘14 Pei en ' t •.; ............... 4tto I i ztoi, . • ''' 41y, 1670 tt t t ° 4f r eeni bit t t ° 6 Pe 4c r ed fir? t, 168 8 .. 11, 06 Cent ‘ - -rt 4 per Cent — N o 4 Per c J an. I' B 2 _ DD . e belat 'N., NI 1 879 _ ot, Itt n 11re a 4 aYk , Jit t :: ) , nd da te ' Per Ct., April 1861 1 4 'a:42EL% ) Aug., 1866 982 Fo R : £l,OOO . 1) 4 144 Io l \' .... bi t t 4 3, i Der e FuNDs—ONEI O'CLOCK. .b eat .. o!# per arid 1856 , ........ ) o t i titui tt i:o3 b itte eeTlt. l 1852-58-60 861 1863 4 44 91'1'N: 1 ' , 1863, z - . 4tt i o k 7 pereoasoh ,a paid Cent _ c e uated, 1 per C 14 1 q e(:°4ll Issuetlt .. ti te A tr eeut J ii tt, ‘ , :e otoit ~ 1824-5 ex-Coupons — Ito A upon. : ......... ... ~ k N t t : 3 l lll t ° l ln; i t S, A t Per c e .... ........... — , ri ll ~,, °tint ' tii„,\Tr a „-iPori„„ ............... 14cio -ki a . Per Cent t to 2 .... kl,,,,,berr Cent •' -2;i, Y l k i errec t ' . t ,. t t t ti,!tt, 'kee. o l)ei . cent . ta . 1,,, it . . ei . , eti .......... ‘ l t - o A ce° ' • ti ant — _ p ee P t t IA . 3 ,, e Lent., 1862 .. 85 k i,: si tli l i i ket ot t l 4 Cent., 1853 tto Pore, ' .... 1 6t kAten t i: 11 . t., 1866', ;7 . , '9, . '6O, 62,'3 47} t o! , P er , tt) a to b i Di t t Per 6 ent 1850 et t, 1822, l St —_ I tt l tto 6 Der c e 1860 _ b i ki kti Pe r c tit, 1859 t , 6 e nett B62 . 89k Nf" A Per it' l l t(k)titit b i to, k lier c b i t t te li te°ll tlt ellt ti t te Ative Deferred — 01)1Z 311 11t "4i A 17 0 1114,t,04 , ........ I ) ,lti, Ve t . 11, ........ 1 44 tit a : Of C ... — tlt, h lint oup not funded l3k 1 AODe, ,:,:. -- lir t to p er ' e U e ellt _ 4 it t4 tc.)ll tlt lit. 1854 Il i to A tiet c .......... b t te teo n et lt. 1858 Vtt, 4 , ti oo et .... 0 4 6 1) . r 13 Rita 1, 1 1 4) At eo eat. 18 62 t t iit t to t i 1,0 p o nd. ' illint NI q v t ent, N t il t i 4 Ftr o 1863 t c , ,, t 3 per e,?d, 4 per Cent tittte F' t eOtt k 'Pllt. . t eDe nt ........ — 4 r Cien.. 24 1 kb , b• te4l l ,-, 1869 , It , tvi d tit .. - _ I tti S it r, k 4 kert.edesliotno.;l;e above payable in 5 1.?o l n 7 c1 1 .1 „ iti..mt p er 6e i1t.1::e186C17Et.;.E2x5.fr2a5uf.c.5.... ~ 4, 6 4te s 4 , • Certificates -- 66 . 1 . i tt. , 4 0. _ ' A ke n il aZ t W. 901 l 0 ............:. • ........ ti Ve,„_ ----.......—____........ Ap: 4°°l Cotton Market—This Day. ' 44 l 't e' Imports, - "Port e _ c,,,'about 5,000 bales or , "t ; prevously, 405 bales. BEARE LIARKE T S,-- This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share! RailwaClosing Business ys.Paid."" Price. done. Bir.. Vol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. flost.,Sleat.,andlldid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cora and Bandon Cornwall Do A gets no div Do. B till (p e.p an. har• A been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelani Great Western Do Str Val g-ua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwal, Lon., Bright., & S. Coast Lon., Chat., sad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., 86 Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares.. Metropolitan (Midland I Do New . _ _ Do Binning. 8: Derby Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kept Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwici. Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle. North London Do New 'North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do 80(4.'3111d. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpoo Shropshire Union .... South Devon ... . 'South Eastern ;South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do _ Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. .. • . • I Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall in. Hartlepool Har.&R I West Midland -Oxford Do Newport l Do Hereford BRITISH P gat 'ways Itlantie fc St Lawrene( Bom.,Barodadz.Ceut Ind Gu. 5 per ..... Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference B oil alo, Brant,,Wo drich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1372 Do. do. July 1, 1876 Do. do. June 1, 1574 IClcuttadz S. Eas tn. ( L t, Cape Town Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Do. do. H do. .. Grand trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bondy.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock Do. do. deferred._ Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua. s p.c Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W, of Canada Shares Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. a. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar, 5 P. 0. .. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Dc. 4* do•• • • -- • • Do. Fifth Extension. 3lelb.Corp. 6 p. a. Bnds. Helix & Ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. blortg. Bds. N ew Br uf2swick a Candu 6Lmii and B . N. ill•C'da6 Po let pt bds Soinde ........ •• ) I Do. Delhi 1 Pi il Do. do ... ca ,T, Do. Punjaub .... a. Do. Do. ........ , ; Le s , Do. I ndus.St. Flo.) 8 8i 8i 81 84 66 120; 121 4 74 37 39 16 17 94 96 106 108 49 50 47 49 7f 8} 12S f 1291 1341 1354 134 136 97 99 641 G 5 110} 1103 72 74 105 105 39 41 1081 1091 102 IC3 52 53 105} 1061, 1291 1301 V 8 100 84 621 25 46 102 103! 58 59 911 Dlt 125 130 16 24 1 , 79 80 11 Ili 123 126 43 45 98 100 53 64 33 84 941 es} 99 101 Of 10/ 38 39 9/ 10/ 0 77 8 p 165 )70 5/ 6 3i P 87 90 167 172 ,SIONS. Closing Prioe. 59 102 103 P P P 1 50 8 9 09 101 99 101 104 105 11,3 114 1. J 11 Iga 24 72 14 56 60 65 67 49 55 49 62 33 (2 25 27 20 C 4 1021 103; T a t P 102 103 97, 91 11k 101 92 94 65 87 P iP wl 103 96 98 92 96 58 60 3 5 82 84 101. 103 101 103 R E 101 11 97 99 stock stock stock all 100 (100 100 2 all 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J a :z.l 1877-84 100 101 103 Do. op. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 99 101 Do. 6p. a. Mar. .4 Sept. 100 102 104 Do. .5 p. o. Jan.&July. 10i 89 3i 891 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 8 91 Cape G.l.lope, 6 p 0,1873 100 105 107 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 108 110 Do. 1890 100 'O9 111 - I Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 109 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 109 111 I Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 105 107 Natal Gov. 6 per cant 130 107 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c../ ul) 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 100 99 100 - ' Du. sp. c.,lBti. to Itit 100 99 10 100 991 Do. d0.,1888 & upwth 100 99 100 991 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO - IS. Aus G6p.c.1873.6t up lOO 108 110 - IVic.(3ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. to qu.o..en..tont. 100 109 110 1110} BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id tAillord Amalgamated.) 38 19 Devcn G. Con.. Tavist.) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Illogan).. SO 70 75 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 51. par East Caradon ...... ?.14.6 274 281 East Cam Brea.... E. 9rlßussel (Tavistli ) 8.9.0 41 61 Gam.StSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 58} 10 11 Great South Tol g us l?s 4 41 G. Wheal Vor (llelston, 40 18 19 Grenville 6.16.0 41 51 El er:A's- Foot 8.12 15 37 11 ingston Downs 4.18.0 5 51 Lady Bertha Margaret Wily Lelart 9'6 17 19 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2i 14 4 d New Setun l9l 80 90 -- North Downs 24 11- 24 N.Wh'i Basset(lllo4an 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 5 56 51 Par Consols (St. Blaze), Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer; It 435 845 S. Cain Brea (Illogan) — e.. Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 571 021 {Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 rarnarSilv.& Lead Min. 41 } I Gin Crott 9 2u 21 West Basset (Illogan) l6 11 12 W C , radon (Liskeard) 5 56 58 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redrutli) 10 43 46 Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien ) 8 131 148 Wheal Beton 5Bl /162,, 1676 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 23 24 Wheal Union 3.17 21 3 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 104 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 90 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 94 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 16; 17* Great Luxembourg*, 11,10 i San Paulo (lim.), g - ua..7 per cent., Ditto (all), 20} South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 FOAEI(3IS .1111Zi Cape Copper, Um., n 8 Don Pedro, Nor,h,D el Rey, f JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 125.: Alliance Bank of LouAon and Liverpool (1tm.);46/ I Ditto, new, 31 2} Anglo Austrian, 6 Australasia, Ditto, new, 46f 7} Bank of Egypt, 24 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 95 6 51 Ditto, new, issued at ZlO pm, 28} Consolidated Bans, Rm., 10} Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 30 7 Imperial Bank (11m.), 26 Imperial Ottoman, 18 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 49 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 1 London and Northern (lim.), 14/ London and South American. lim., 10 Metrop. and Frov. Bank (Urn.), 24} Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, Union of London, 43 f 2} MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 41 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 Hudson's Bay, 17 International Financial Society, 121 12 Joint •stock Discount, lim., 61 1 London Financial Association, lim., 231 4/ London I'rovincial Marine, 21 Mercantile Credit Association, 1im.,:8 1 North British and Mercantile Insurance, Jim., Ocean 31 arine (Insurance), 181 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements,:27 Ditto, new, 41 Royal Mail steam, 85 41 THE LATEST STYLE OF HOOP-SKIRTS, the self adjusting, double-back-action, bustle-etruscan, face-expan sion, Piccol °mini- attachment, gossamer-indestructible, polocticomoram, is said to be a very charming thing I DUBLIN IS PREPARING TO HOLD A SECOND Ex- HIBITION next year; the first, thanks to Mr. Dargan and his fellow-labourers, having been a great success. The present proposal is to hold a double show of the products of human skill ; on one side works of pure art, on the other works of industry. A STATUE OF THE EMPRESS EUGENIE is to be erected in the market-place of Puebla. Several proposals have been made as to the costume. The first plastic re presentation of the crinoline, however, seems to be the one most favourably accepted. 110 f i 11 101 I'6 5 2 130 Business done TB IP, SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1864. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. There was less activity in the demand for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, and previous quotations were barely supported. For spring corn the trade was quiet, nevertheless, prices, generally speaking, ruled sta• tionary. The inquiry for flour was by no means active, on former terms. On the Continent the amount of business done in cereals for exports is very moderate, and at New York the Eastern demand for wheat and flour has fallen oft. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were but moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 10,800 quarters of wheat, 3,453 barley, 13,916 oats, 374 beans, 414 tares, 4,850 linseed, 550 oilseeds, 3,555 sacks and 1,479 barrels of flour. A very moderate supply of home-grown wheat was re ceived fresh up to this morning's market, and owing to the state of the weather the condition of the produce was un satisfactory. The trade was dull both for red and white qualities. Good and fine dry parcels barely supported last Monday's currency, but damp parcels could only bo dis posed of by submitting to a decline in prices from this day se'nnight of is per quarter. The market was moderately supplied with most descrip tions of foreign wheat. In consequence of the recent reduction in the Bank rate of discount, holders were some what firmer; but millers operated to a very moderate ex tent, at the rates current on Monday last. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr ns to 42s Ditto, old 3Bs 408 Ditto, white, 1863 42s 483 Ditto, old 375 46s .Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 385 408 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— 32s 33s Barley—Grinding 2Bs 285 Malting 2Bs 39s Dialt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 663 Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 66s Chevalier 668 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBs 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l6s 23a Cork, white 175 24s Scotch, Feeding 2os 233 Beans—Tick 3OB 32s Pigeons, Peas—Grey . 32s 348 Maple White 3ss 375 Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk...— 278 298 American, per barrel l9s 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Only a moderate supply of foreign stock was on offer in to-day's market, owing, in some measure, to the losses at sea last week—upwards of 700 sheep having been thrown overboard during the heavy gales. The demand, however, was very inactive at previous quotations. Notwithstanding that the arrivals of boasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were only moderate, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, nevertheless, compared with Monday last, no quotable change took place in prices. The best Scots and crosses sold at sa. per Blbs, and the general quality of the supply was good. _ . From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,030 Scits, crosses, shorthorns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 600 various kinds; from Scotland, 322 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 90 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was limited, but the quality of the stock was good. Prime downs and half-breeds were in fair request at full prices, viz., from 58 10d to 6s per 81bs in the wool. Heavy sheep were dull, and, in some instances, the quotations gave way 2d per Blbs. Shorn sheep were is per 8 lbs. beneath those in the wool. Lambs changed hands more freely at from 68 8d to 78 4d per 8 lbs. There was an increased demand supply on offer. The veal trade was in a sluggish state at the late decilite in value; prices ranged from 4s to 5s per Blbs. In pigs very little was doing, on former terms. The supply was moderate. Per Blbs.to si s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 erse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second qualitydo. 4 8 5 2 Suckling calves, 20s to 283 ; 20s to 264 each. ink the offal. Is. d. s. d. Prime crs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme, S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY • Beasts Cows Sheep Calves 212 Pigs. 420 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 760 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs The total imports of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 5,173 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 2,458—in 1862, 837—in 1861, 3,691 —in 1860, 1,953—in 1859, 2,645—in 1858,' 495 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam •• • • 308 .. 983 .r, • . 334 • • Harlingen .• • . 490 • • • • • . 9 • . Hamburg •. • • -- • • • • • • , • . 63 Amsterdam.... • • • • .. • • -- Boulogne..., Bremen .. . • • • • • • • ---- Vigo — • • • • • • • • Nieu Diep •. • - • • -- • • -- • • • • Antwerp . 17 .. 1 .. •• Ostend 94 .. 1237 .. 134 .. 60 Calais . -- • • Oporto Gluckstadt Total .... 1102 .. 3481 .. .. 477 .. 113 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : - Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. .363.. .862 475 .. 126 .. .. 236 .. ,861 BO3 .. 2,682 .. 206 .. ,860 .... 378 .. 1,233 .. 205 .. 47 1859 4BO .. 2,006 .. .. 159 .. [B5B lBB 105 .. 202 .. A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Feb. 16, 1863, and this day. Monday, Feb. 15, 1864. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. Feb. 16, Feb. 15, 1863. 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 3 Bto 4 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 4 2 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c... 4 8 410 410 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep .... 3 6 4 0 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 5 0 5 6 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 8 6 0 610 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 3lO 420 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb l7, 1862.—Beasts, 3,960 — sheep, 16,410—calves, 89—pigs, 255. FEB. 18, 1861.—Beasts, 3,600 —sheep, 19,150—calves, 147—pigs, 340. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Somewhat increased supplies of moat are on sale at these markets. Generally speaking, the trade rules heavy, and prices have, in some instances, declined. Per 81b. by the carcase. sited Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Rliddling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 6 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 aded Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Veal . . 3 10 4 8 Small pork ~ .. 4 2 4 8 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet trade, both for English and foreign hops. The supp yof home-grown produce on offer being small, and the imports from abroad but moderate, holders are firm,and previous quotations are well supported. The import, last week, amounted to 91 bales from Ostend —73 from Dunkirk-5 Rotterdam --87 Antwerp-5 Ham burg-249 Bremen—and . 178 bales from New York. Mid and East Kents £6 Os to £9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Kents 5 15s to 7 5s )1 Sussex 5 5s to 6 10s „ Bavarian 5 5s to 8 8s ~ Belgian American spot commands 40s 9d per cwt. Town tallow is quoted at 41s Gd per cwt., net cash. Rough fat, 2s lid per Blbs. Particulars. —6 Od — 8 Od 1850. 1861 1862. 1863. 1864. --- ----- -- -- Stock this day... i . 34,823 71.109 45.527 ' 47.215 62.845 Price of Y.C. 60s6a to 60 8 Od t o 4653 d to 4480 d tol4os Od to .. Delivery lastweek 1,557 1,468 1,284 1, 57 5 1, 0 30 Ditto from June 1 64,721 63,434 95,157 62 , 412 55 , 076 --s Od —s d 00s Od Arrivals last week 181 572 175 65 Ditto from June 1) 86,087 107,449 83,653 71,32 t 80,074 Price of Town .... 61s 9d 60s 3d 48s 6d 46s td 43s Od POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CLANDESTINE VISITOR.—James White, a stableman) was charged with being found in the house of Mr. Rayshael Brandon, architect, 65, Regent-street, for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Brandon said that, in consequence of information he received, he went last night into the bedroom of one of his servants, and notwithstanding her denial that she had any person there, found the defendant under the bed. He then sent for a constable and gave him in charge, the young woman stating that he had no right to dc so. Sergeant Howe, 21 C, proved finding the defendant under the bed. Defendant said it was quire true he was there. The young woman stepped forward and, crying, said it was all her fault, as she had invited the young man to the house, Sergeant Howe said the defendant had given a correct address. Mr. Tyrwhitt said Mr. Brandon was perfectly right in giving the defendant into custody. If not, housekeepers would be exposed to the risk of all sorts of persons being admitted to their houses. As the defendant had given a correct address, he would take his own recognisance not to go to the house again. The required recognisance being entered into, the defen dant was discharged. A CHILD-THIEF.—A MOTHER PROSECUTING HER DAUGHTER.—Anne Maria Stevens, eight years of age, re siding with her parents at 33, Fitzroy-market, vas charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with robbing her father of half-a crown. On the mother, a respectable-looking woman, getting into the witness boa, and being asked by the Chief Clerk whe ther she wished to prosecute her own child, she said she did, as it was not the first time she had been guilty of robbery. On being sworn the mother said that on the previous afternoon she missed from a little box a half-crown, and on asking her daughter (the prisoner) where it was, she denied all knowledge of it. Subsequently, however, it was ascer tained that the child had changed it at a sweetmeat shop. She was then given into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt said if it had been the first offence he doubted whether her parents would have prosecuted. The mother said that only a fortnight ago the child sold a bundle of linen worth £1 5s to a rag shop keeper. Mr. Tyrwitt said he would have the child detained that he might consider what could be done, but it was understood that she was to bo given up to her mother at the olose of the day. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fall average supplies of potatoes continue on sale at these markets, and the trade for all qualities rules heavy, at fully the late decline in ourrency. 155 sacks arrived from Boulogne last week. Yorkshire Regents sos to 75s per ton. Flukes Rocks Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 50s to 65s „ Rocks Kent and Essex Regents WOOL. The wool trade—both as regards home-grown and colo nial qualities—continues in a sluggish state,.and last week's currency is barely supported. The arrivals of colanial pro duce since the close of last sales have been :—From New South Wales and Queensland, 9,s7B—Victoria, 2,597 — Tasmania, 396—South Australia, 7,296—New Zealand, 1,078 —Cape, 11,138. Total, 32,083 bales. ;DS. Cloverseed is in moderate wise the seed trade is quiet aff slowly, yet pries are unalt Turnip,White,p.bus.ils to 14s request, at full prices ; other 1, at late rates. Cakes move ered from last week. Swede - —s — s Mustard, Brown lOB 13s White, 95 lls Tares, Spring....4s Od 4e 6d Old per quarter - -Is —s Cunary, per quarter 52s 6 is Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —8 White Foreign Red 4lB 508 White sos 6is Trefoil, new 228 278 Carraway 22s 268 Coriander l2s 1138 Hempseed, per qr 4os 42s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 718 Crushing Baltic —s —s Odessa —s —EI Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £OlOO,ClO 5s Foreign 1:9 10s £lO 15s Rape Cakes,p ton.Cs Os .C 6 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 628 65s TALLOW. The tallow trade is steady to-day, and ?,Y.C. on the LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (3ittings at Nisi Prius, before Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. HEANE-ALLEGED PERJURY. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Giffard, and Mr. Lewis appeared for Mr. Armytage, and Mr. M. Chambers for the defendant. From the opening of the learned sergeant, it appeared that his client, a son of Sir G. Armytage, a young gentleman of great promise and bravery, entered the Royal Navy previous to the outbreak of the Russian war, and during that memorable period he served with great distinc• tion at the storming of Sweaborg, at which place he was severely wounded. He afterwards served in the attack on the Peiho Forts in China ; and on the return of his vessel to England, lie passed his examination for lieutenant, and was afterwards appointed to the Malacca. When he joined the vessel the defendant, Mr. Heane, was one of the mid shipmen aboard the vessel. While the ship was at Spit head the defendant alleged that Mr. Armytage conducted himself in a highly improper manner, and after the expiry of eight months a charge was made against Mr. Armytage, not only that ho hathmade improper proposals b Mr. Heane, but also that he had been guilty of the same gross conduct to two other gentlemen about the ship. named Delisle and Jackson. Mr, Armytage bein g i n dignant at the accusation, wrote to the captain of th e M alacca a letter, demanding a court-martial, and o ne was h e ld in Malta Harbour ; and after four days' inv es ti gat i on th e decision of the court was that the charges m a d e b y M r . H e ane and Mr. Delisle had been proved, but; th a t ma d e by 3 1 r. Jackson had not been made out. Mr. Armytage alleged that the result of the trial had been brought about by perjury, as he never, during the whole course of his service on board ship, ever made the gross proposals to either of the officers, and the present proceedings were instituted as the only tribunal left open to Mr, Armytage to clear his name from the odium that had been thrown upon it. Mr. Armytage, exam i ne d by Mr. Giffard, said—l entered the navy in 1855. I was wou nded at Sweaborg. I was also wounded whil e serv i ng in the Cruiser in an attack upon the Peiho F orts. I c ame home when the ship re • turned to Engla n d, an d passed my examination for lieute nant. I was a ft erwar d s appo inted to the Malacca, in which vessel I served until July 14, 1862. Mr. Heane was a midshipman on board the Malacca when I joined. He was a total stranger to me. I have had to reprimand him on points of duty. I reprimanded him two or three days before he brought the present charge against me. This must have been done on the 4th or 6th, as the accusation was made on the 9th of May, Ho always appeared to be on the best of terms with me. I recollect being officer on the watch at Spithead on the Ist of October, 1861. The vessel had been coaling that day. I should, in the ordinary course of my duty, be on the upper deck. It would be contrary to rule to sit down while so engaged. The watch lasted from Bto 12. The stern gratings were twelve yards from the sentry on the bridge. There was always a marine on duty on that part of the vessel on those occasions. He is to see that no irregularity takes place, and keep a good lookout for boats approaching. There was nothing to obstruct the view of the sentry but the mizenmast, and this would only do so while he was actually passing. It is not true that on the Ist day of October I and Heano sat talk ing together on the stern gratings. Ido not ever remember to have sat with him on the stern gratings. I never com mitted the impropriety charged against me. Nothing of the kind ever took place between us. No act of indecency over took place of the nature stated, Delisle is present in court. Cross-examined by Mr. M. Chambers—Mr. Heane was about sixteen years of age. I know Mr. Heane was in my watch about that time, but whether he kept the identical watch referred to on the Ist of October I am not tertian. The learned gentleman put a number of other questions t the witness, but the result was a distinct denial . of the im potations charged against him. Sergeant Ballantine—Did anything improper ever take place between you and Mr. Delisle ? Mr. Chambers objected. The matter was quite irrele vant to the matter the court was then investigating, viz., a charge o f perjury against Mr. Heane. The Court thought the question ought not to be an swered. Re-examination continued—l made every effort to dis cover the sentry on duty when the occurrence spoken to by Mr. H.eane was said to have taken place, but I failed to do se. From the numb3r of witnesses to be examined, it is not expected the case will conclude to-day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE WATTS AND LONG.-JUDGMENT. - - These bankrupts were described as of Upper Thames street, shipping merchants, and his Honour now gave judgment on the question cf discharge in tho case of Watts, Long having absconded with, it is supposed, a large portion of the assets of the firm. The accounts by Messrs, Hart Brothers and Hayes, showed a total indebtedness of about £15,000, and there was a deficiency of about £12,000. His Honour said that the trading of the bankrupts had been founded on the greatest frauds, for goods had been obtained from all sides, and immediately converted into ready money by sending it to places where parties were ready to buy any kind of goods without asking or caring where they came from, or whether they had been paid for or not. These places he had heard called slaughter houses. Thus Long had got rid of a great amount of property by these means during the short period they had carried on business ; the question, however, was how far the bankrupt Watts was implicated in these gross frauds, and it was urged on his behalf that his proper trade was that of a lithographer, and that he lelt the other business to Long, who also kept the books, and that he (Watts) was absent travelling for nine months out of twelve. It was possible that the bankrupt had not taken any active part in these gross frauds, but there was no doubt he was legally and civilly liable. His discharge wuuld be suspended for two and a half years, from the date of the petition, one year and nine months ago, but protection would be granted. Death in one of the Hampstead Ponds, Oa Saturday afternoon an investigation was held at the Duke of Hamilton Tavern, New-end, Hamp stead, by Dr. Lankester, th e coroner for the western division of Middlesex, relr , tive to the death of Davi d Frank Holford, aged nine, the son of a butch er, Donald Nicholl, ex - member for Frame, local magis trate, and resident at Oaklands-hall, Hampstead , stated that on Wednesday residing in the Maldon-road, Kentish-town, Mr. aft ernoo n last he was proceeding up the hill near the Suburban Hotel, n the Vale of Health, when he heard a cry for help proceeding from the third Heath Pond. He went to the pond, and saw the heads of two into which moving up and down i n the water, which they had fallenice while thece while they were sliding, Several boys wer e on the bank of the pond shri e king for help. He and a man named Ransom plunged into the water with the view of saving the boys. Mr. Nicoll struck out to the deceased and succeeded i n catching hold ii of his head, but, his cap coming off in his han d, the boy sank and came upunder the ice. Mr. Nicoll, although he was out of his depth, kept swimming and breaking away the ice with his arms which were much bruised ; but the more he endea voured to reach him the more the boy drifted away, his head being visible through the ice. At length Mr. Nicoll, becoming exhausted, and i n d a nger of being sucked under the ice, yielded to the solicita tions of the bystanders, and abandoned the hope of saving the life of the unfortunate boy. Ran-, som, on the other hand: succeeded (although himself nearly losing. his lif e) , assisted by Mr. Nicoll, in rescuing . the other boy, the son of a physician,ltne's academy, who recovered after being placed in and . pupil at Mr.. a warm bath at the Suburban Hotel, under the attendance of Dr. Evans. The body of the deceased, although imme• diate steps were taken, was not recover e d until at least 20 minutes of immersion had ex pi re d, and then only by means of the iceboat. The numerous deaths which have occurred at these p on d s (fi ve in number) have, time after time, led to cen s ures by the coroner's juries, and requisitions to the New River Company and also to the lord o f the manor, but up to the present period no steps have been taken to fence off the ponds, or otherwise take such steps as would prevent the frequent loss of life. One suggestion that had been made was that one of the ponds should be kept f ur b a thi ng , an d the others f e nced in. Mr. Nicholl offered that if the lord of the manor would nonsent to have that parti cular pond railed in, he, as the chairman of the Suburban Hotel Company: would have that portion facing the hotel railed in if the lord of the manor would complete the remainder. Toe jury r e turned a verdict o f " A cc idental death,'' accompanying it with a recom men dation to Sir Thomas Wilson, the lord of the manor, to the effect that he would consent to Mr. Nicoll's offer, as preservation of life was of the utmost importance. The Coroner said he, with much pleasure, would for ward that recommendation to Sir Thomas Wilson, and the proceedings ter minated. MAZZINI ORDERED FOR TRIAL IN PARIS.— Mazzini is ordered for trial before a French assize court. An indictment has been framed against him as an accom plice of the four Italians, Greco, Imperatori, Trabucco, and Saglio, in a plot against the Emperor's life. THAMES. Mr, Paget, the Magistrate recently appointed to succeed Mr. Woolrych, was an the bench precisely at 10 o'clock this morning, and commenced the hearing of applications for summonses, warrants, and advice. These applications were so numerous that it was 15 minutes past 11 before he could proceed with the regular business—the night charges, 40 in number. It is customary at this court to hear the drunken charges first, but a special request was made to hear the following case in consequence of the constable engaged in it being required in another case at Woolwich. Maria Burcbhardt, or Buchardt, a married woman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with pot stealing. George Brooks, barman to Mr. Sands, landlord of the Roebuck, Cannon-street, St. George-in-the-East, stated that the prisoner came into the house and called for a pint of porter. After drinking it she cal!ed for another pint of porter, but did not return the first pot. After she had drunk the second pint of porter she left the house, taking with her the first pint, which she concealed under her shawl. fie went after her and gave her into custody. Turner. a police•constable, No. 104 H, stated that the prisoner asked him to be lenient with her, as she had a hue • band out of work, and 12 children to maintain. He knew the prisoner to be an abandoned character, who was not in distress, but received 10s. per week from her husband, from whom she had been long separated. The husband and daughter of the prisoner were called. They appeared to be very respectable persons, and in great distress of mind at seeing the disgraceful position of the prisoner. The prisoner said she had only one question to put to her daughter. It was this—Naw, my dear, do you think I would steal a pint pot ? Mr. Paget--I really cannot allow such a question as that to be answered. The prisoner then said she would leave the case in the hands of the magistrate, and pleaded guilty. After a long investigation, Mr. Paget sentenced the pri soner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. WESTMINSTER. GROSS MISCONDUCT OY A PAUPER.—Thomas Liley, a pauper in St. Luka's Workhouse, Chelsea, was charged with tho following gross misconduct:— _ _ . Mr. Sutton, the master of the workhouse, said that the defendant and some others who were employed at the stone yard refused to come into the house when they had done their work last Saturday evening, whereupon he gave orders that when they did make their appearance they should have dry bread. Defendant and the other men did not come in till balf-past eleven, and then were beastly drunk. Yes terday morning he wanted to go out to chapel, he being a Catholic, but he was refused in consequence of his miscon duct of the previous night. He then demanded to see com plainant, and on coming to his appartments, shooted his fist in his face, and applied the most filthy language to him. Ho also threatened him and violently assaulted another pauper. Defendant—Pm a Catholic. and wanted to go to my place of divine worship, and I thought I'd a right to go. Mr. Sutton—l don't think he had recovered the effects of his intoxication at the time he wanted to go to chapel; he was so beastly drunk on the previous night. John Parsloe, another pauper, said that defendant came to him yesterday morning, and declaring that ho was the cause of his being kept in doors, beat and knocked him about the face and head. Defendant--Yes, I don't deny that. This fellow, when we had done work on Saturday, said, " Let us stop out a bit," and then was the very first to go in himself and get the rest of us into a row. What the master says against me is not true. A witness was called who proved it was, and that de fendant was a very violent fellow. Mr. Selfe said his ccnduct had been very bad, and corn , mitted him for two months to the House of Correction. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From Me Illustrated London News.) Special letters of administration, with the will and codicil annexed, of the late Most Noble William Alexander Anthony Archibald Hamilton-Douglas, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, of Hamilton Palace, Lanark, Scotland, were granted by her Majesty's Court of Probate to her Serene Highness Marie Amalie Elisabeth Caroline, Grand Ducal Princess of Baden, Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon, the relict, and one of the surviving cura tors appointed in the will to the present Duke of Hamilton and Brandon (a minor), the eldest son and residuary legatee nominated in the will, there being no executor appointed, the Earl of Selkirk and the D ake of Somerset, the other curators, having renounced the grant. The testamentary documents are in the Scotch form, and indorsed "Deed of no mination of tutors and curators, and of prevision to younger children," bearing date 1852, with a codi cil, 1861 ; and were registered in Edinburgh, July 25, 1863, shortly after the decease of his lordship, which event occurred in Paris. The personalty in England was sworn under £140,000. To the eldest son is bequeathed all the property not disposed of by will; and to his younger son, Lord Charles Hamilton, a legacy of £100,000; and to his daughter, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas Hamilton, £60,000. The will of the Rev. Henry John Mattby, Canon of the Cathedral Church of Durham, Rector of Eaglescliffe, was proved in the London Court by the executors, Arthur Bigge, Esq., of Mitre-court buildings, London; James Henry H. Atkinson, Esq., of Angerton, Northumberland ; and Archer Thomas Upton, Esq., of Austiufriars. The person alty was sworn under £40,000. The testator was inducted to the living of Eaglescliffe in 1843 (the income returned at £1,049) ; and to the canonry of Durham in 1852 (annual value £1,000). The will bears date June, 1852; and two codicils, 1880 and 1861. To his wife is secured an annuity of £l,OOO. Liberal provision is made for all his children, and they are appointed residuary legatees, except the son who may be in the enjoyment of the Angerton estate. He has left legacies to his servants. The will of George Hitchcock, Esq., of St. Paul's Churchyard, eilkruercer, and of Norfolk-crescent, Hyde park, was proved in London on the 26th ult., by the relict, the sole acting acting executrix, the other executors, Wm. Morley, Esq., of Gutter-lane, and Peter Donner, Esq., of New Bond-street, having renounced. The personalty was sworn under £60,000. The will is dated March 26, 1863, and the testator died the following September. To his relict he has bequeathed a life interest in £20,000, with tes tamentary disposition over a portion thereof, and a life i n t er est in the residue of his personal est ate, making a pro vision for all his children, who share amongst them the re • sidue. To the Young Men's Christian Association, Alders gate-street, ho leaves a legacy of £2OO. SCIIELDT Thu.—The share to be paid by Great Britain for the abolition of the Scheldt toll has been fixed at 8,782,320 francs. Half this sum is to be paid on the Ist of April, 1864, and the other half on the let of April, 1855, THE SUEZ CANAL, The Suez Canal banquet took place last week at the Exhibition Palace in the Champs Elysees, Prince Napoleon presiding. At the end of the room there was a large panoramic painting of the isth mus. Covers were laid for 1,500. M. Millescamps proposed a toast to the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial, which was drunk with loud acclamations. The Prince, in a speech which was loudly applauded, gave an historical sketch of the undertaking, pointed out its grandeur and utility, and paid a just tribute of praise to all those who had taken part in it. The Prince explained what he conceived to be the attitude assumed by Great Britain in the ques tion. Ha did not confound the Government with the nation; he esteemed the English people, be cause they had a love for great things; he admired them because they had noble aspirations, and they loved liberty; but the people had not a Govern ment worthy of them. Eighty years were a heavy burden on the heads of noble lords as well as on those of simple mortals. The canal had therefore nothiug to fear from the English nation. Would it have anything to dread from a warlike veto from the British Cabinet? Such a question could not be serious ; and how, in fact, could any one imagine that Earl Russell and Lord Palmerston could make war for a canal from which England would derive the greatest advantage, when they refused to give a soldier or expend a shilling for the most noble, the greatest, and the moat generous causes—for Italy and for Poland P The company, strong in its right, must therefore persevere. That right had been, it was true, disputed, but could it be really attacked, either as regarded the lands conceded, the fresh water canal, or the number of workmen which the Egyptian Government had engaged to furnish. He treated as they deserved the calumnies directed against the company on the subject of forced labour—a bad institution certainly, bat one which was made use of as an element inherent in the country, but nevertheless rendered milder in proportions unknown in Egypt. Did that mean that the company ought to reject all conciliation ? Certainly not. He would, on the contrary, recom mend an amicable arrangement with the Viceroy, taking as basis the principle of a sufficiently remu nerative indemnity. The work cost so much with the fellahs, it would cost more with free labourers and machines ; let Egypt pay the difference. As to the lands conceded, the company held them on a double title—first, by contract, and afterwards in virtue of the Egyptian law, which accorded the pos session of the soil to him who was able to irrigate it. Those lands, now barren, would hereafter become a source of wealth, thanks to the fresh water canal. To cede them to the Viceroy according to a simple estimate of their present value would be a pure loss to the shareholders; bat their future worth could not at present be the object of any serious appre ciation. The plan of proceeding must therefore be one of succcessive repurchase—that is to say, by portions as they should have been improved by ad vantageous irrigations. It was thus that all inte rests would be reconciled. M. de Lesseps afterwards addressed the com pany present, and explained the results which had been obtained and those to be expected. He thanked Prince Napoleon for the interest he has taken in the work, and the shareholders for their indefatigable co-operation. Proenreur-Gen. Dupin briefly demonstrated the importance of the junction of the two seas, and, expressing his confidence in the future success of the undertaking, named it the Canal of Good Hope. THE DANISH FRIGATE NILS JUL, PLYMOUTH, Sunday, 8 p.m. The Danish frigate which arrived this afternoon is the Nils Juel, 46, Captain Gotlieb, 14 days from Copenhagen and eight from Norway. The Prussian bark which she captured off Lowestoft last Tuesday was bound from Memel, with timber, for London. Her second mate, two able seamen, and the boy are on board the frigate. Her master, who is part owner, and six men are sent to Copenhagen in the bark, which is in charge of a naval officer and eight men. Several Prussian vessels with the National Jack hoisted, looking for pilots, could have been captured by the frigate off the East coast. Captain Gotlieb has orders to take ships belong ing to Prussia, Austria, Bremen, Lubeck, and Hanover. The frigate appears to have been fitted in great haste. Several of the crew are landsmen. Some of her copper has been scraped off on a sandbank, and it is probable that. she will have to be docked for two or three days. The only Austrian merchant vessels now in port are the brig Milost, Captain Radonicich, from the Mediterranean, with 2,oooqrs. of grain for Antwerp, and the brig Budua, Captain Marrassi, 245 tons, which has just discharged timber, and is now bound for Cardiff, to load coal for a foreign port. Notwithstanding the high rates of freight, the masters of Norwegian merchant ships in this har bour decline chartering for belligerent ports, not knowing how long the present neutrality may con tinue. A French gunboat arrived this afternoon to watch the proceedings of the French fishing boats, several of which are here. PLYMOUTH, Monday, 10 a.m. The French gunboat, which arrived here last evening, is the Cav:er, last from Dartmouth. .... The Prussian barque, captured last Tuesday, is the Trerie, Captain Bugish, of and from Memel, with 580 loads of timber, consigned to Mr. Hoff mann, London. Her second mate and four hands went sent ashore this morning from the Danish frigate, and are now in the Sailors' Home here. THE CONTINENTAL WAR. AMSTERDAM, Jan. I.—The result of the Danish embargo on German vessels has been laying under embargo at Copenhagen of the Prussian ships Schnell Post Vollmond, Louise Witt, and Louise Auguste, At Elsinoref the Prus sian ships Marie, from Sunderland to Swinemunde, Vor waerts, from St. Übe's, and the Lubeck ship Frederich Overbech, frem Fayport for Lubeck, as well as the Mary Noach Lolinga, from St. Petersburg for Hull, lying at Elsinore under average, and the Lubeck ship Elwine, from Riga for Antwerp, and at Frederickshaven the Hano verian ship Geskea. Against this, on the other hand,"the Prussian Government has laid embargo at Wolgast on the Danish schooner Courier; at Colberg, on a ship, name un known (both ships belonging to the Danes) ; and at Rugan waldermunde on the Enighden, Danish koff. COPENHAGEN, Feb B.—The following are given as the names of vessels laid under embargo : —At Hale, the Anna, Marguerette, of Hamburg, from Stettin for Aalborg ; and at Frederickshaven, the Ellen Susan, of Varel ; and the Maria Theresa, of Emden. RENDSBURG, Feb. 9.—The schooner Aurora, from Hol lenau for Colberg, has put in here, having been chased and overhauled by several Danish men-of-war between Dam rort and Dombusoh, on the Prussian coast, on Feb. 4, who forbade her entry into a Prussian port and ordered her re turn to the port whence she sailed. HAMBURG, Feb. 11.—Advices from Elsinore of Feb. 7 state that the following vessels were lail under embargo there :—The Marie Elizabeth, of Heligenhafen, from Burnt Island for Landscrona ; and the Mathilde, from the north, which had been sent to Copenhagen. The remain ing German ships lying there had also been sent to Copen hagen. MR. W. F. WINDHAIC—It appears by an official notice issued by Mr. Hancock, Sharp, and Hales, of 20, Tokenhouse-yard, and Messrs. Roche an d Glover, of 33, Old Jewry , t hat, b y an indenture dated February 8, 1864, Mr. Windham, " late of Felbrigg, i n the county of Norfolk, but now of 3A, Upper Westbourne race, in the parish of Padding t on , In the county of " did " for the valuable consideration i n the ter Middlesex, I same indenture mentioned, sell, convey, and absolutely dispose of all his real estate whatsoever and wheresover, and also all the personal estate in the said indenture parti cularly set forth." This is the second indenture which Mr. 'Windham has executed with reference to his affairs during the last three months. He is still only about 25 years of age, He has resumed th e coaching business between Norwich and Cromer, under the style and title of t , Windham and freeze," having taken a partner. A HOUSE IN PICCADILLY - WORTH A GOOD SIZED ESTATE.—The other day Messrs. Mansell and Elliott Fold by auction the mansion, 143, Piccadilly, the residence of the late James Ilaughton Langston, M.P., including the stabling in Hamilton-mews, as held by a lease from the Crown, for an unexpired term of 421 years from the sth inst., for the sum of £21,500. MR. SIMS REEVES is about to proceed to Vienna in the next winter, and thence to undertake a " professional Nur" through Germany. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HAL F-PAST 4 o'CLocK. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (Evening). (Per the Canada, by telegraph to Halifax.) Advices from Charleston to the 31st ult. &tate that the situation was unchanged. The mortality among the negroes on no FE dorsi plantations in Louisiana is alarmingly great. The steamer Rosita has been captured of Tortugas. The America has arrived out. The Hibernia has arrived at Halifax. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Feb. 4, Evening. Money easier. Gold has advanced to 58 per cent. premium in consequence of the commercial advices by the America. Exchange on London, 173; on Paris, 3 20. Stocks , steady. New York Central,' 132; ; Illinois, 1234 ; Erie, 107-a ; 6 per Cent. U.S. Bonds, 1064. Cotton very firm. Middling Upland, 34i. Flour steady. Wheat quiet. Corn advancing. Provi sions tending downwards. Coffee quiet. Sugar slightly firmer. Molasses very firm. Petroleum, crude, 301, to 31f, ; refined, 46 to 47. BRIGHTON ELECTION—This Days (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Mr. Dumas retired at 10 15, in the hopes that the Liberal cause might yet triumph. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Moore Faucitt Goldsmidt .. . . Dumas Harper 43 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, SATURDAY. Spculation was flat this day at our Subscription Rooms, and not a bet was laid on the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, City and Suburban, or Chester Cup.—For the Great Northamptonshire Stakes Gardener and Wingrava were each inquired after, and the first-named was supported to win a few hundreds, at 16 to I.—There was no change beyond the nomination of Mr. Jones being backed freely at 33 to 1, in connection with the Waterloo Cup, Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE, 12 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) 13 to 1 agst Wee Nell (offered) 100 to 7 agat Bantum (taken) 20 to 1 agst Emblematic (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agat Serious Case (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Martha (wanted) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES, 10 to 1 agst Blithefield (offered) 16 to 1 agst Gardener (taken) 20 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken and offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to lon the field (offered) CHESTER cur. 20 to lon the field (offered) THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, 11 to 2on the field (offered THE DERBY. 10 to lon the field (offered) THE WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 14 to 1 agst Mr H. Haywood's nomination (offered) 16 to 1 agst Mr Lloyd's nomination (taken and wanted) 30 to 1 agst Mr Bland's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr Jones's nomination (taken freely) CICERO'S LETTERS. It is a rich mine of information, and furnishes the best materials, not only for his own biography, but a great part of the history of the time. Nowhere else do we find such a vivid picture of contemporary events. Wo seem to be pre sent at the shifting scenes of the drama, as the plot unfolds itself which involves the destinies of Rome. We hear the groans of the expiring Republic, which has been mortally wounded during the long civil wars of Marius and Sylla, and was fast sinking under the flood of social and political corruption which is sure to follow in the train of civil war. At one time they watch with eager impatience the arrival of a courier at Tusculum. with a letter from Atticus telling his friends the news of the day, and in Cicero's reply we read all the fluctuations of hope and fear which agitated him during the momentous crisis of his country's fate. At another we contemplate the great orator and statesman in the seclusion of his villa, as a plain country gentleman, busying himself with improve.. ments on his estate, building farm-houses, laying out and planting shrubberies, and turning watercourses, or amusing himself with pictures and statues, and the various objects which interest a man of refined and cultivated taste. At another we find him at Rome sick, weary, and disgusted with the din of strife, mistrusting everybody where no one seems worthy of trust, and harping ever on the vanity and ambition ' and the worthlessness of popular applause. We see him at one moment exalted to the summit of human glory when saluted in the Senate by the proud title of Pater Patria, and at another sunk in the lowest depths of despair when he is a wandering fugitive exile from Rome, and tells his wife that while he writes he is blinded by his tears, There is a charm in these letters to whichwe have nothing comparable in all that antiquity has spared us. To say no thing of their exquisite Latinity, and not unfrequently their play of wit, they have a freshness and reality which no nar rative of bygone events can ever hope to attain. We see in them Cicero as he was. We behold him in his strength and in his weakness—the bold advocate, and yet timid vacillating statesman—the fond husband—the affectionate father—the kind master—the warm-hearted friend. I speak not now of his political correspondence, written with an object in view, and with a consciousness that it might one day be made public, but his private letters to his relatives and friends, in which he poured out the whole secret of his soul, and laid bare his innermost thoughts, yearning for sympathy and clinging for support. To quote the words of De Quinor - • " In them we come suddenly into deep lulls of angry pas sion—here upon a scheme for the extension of literature by a domestic *history, or by a comparison of Greek with Ro man jurisprudence; there again upon some ancient problem from the quiet fields of philosophy." They show that he was a man of genial soul, and of a meet kind and amiable disposition—what Dr. Johnson would have called a tho roughly " clubable" person. He is never more at home than whenindulging in a little pleasant banter and irony, as when he makes fun of Trebatius the lawyer, who had left the atmo sphere of the courts, to turn soldier and serve under Cesar in Gaul. But he is always the scholar and the gentleman ; and no one had more of that refined polish which the Ro mans described by the expressive word urbarfitt4B. Ido not think that in the whole of his correspondence a single coarse word or vulgar idea occurs. It is not so in his speeches. There he often indulged in language which is, according to modern notions, offensive to good taste and decency, as when he attacked Piso and Gubinius and Antony. B ut that was the fault of the plain- speaking time in which h e lived, rather than of the man; just as the occasional coarse ness of Shakspore must be attributed to the age in which he was born, and not to his own gentle nature. How pleasant it is to hear him giving his friend Atticus a message from the little Tullia, or Tulliola as he often calls her—making use of the endearing diminutive so significant in the ancient Latin and modern Italian —to remind him of his promise to make her a present, and afterwards telling hi m that:Tullia had brought an action against him for breach of contract ; or to find him speakircg of his only son " the honey sweet Cicero," that " most aristocratic child," as ho playfully styl N 3 him, who was with his sister in his youth ful days the pride and delight of his life. We see him lounging on the shore at his villa near Antinnr, and there penning a letter to confess that he is in no humour to work, and.amuses himself with counting the waves as they roll upon the beach. We would not willingly exchange that letter to Atticus, in which he says of himself that he knows he has acted like a " genuine donkey" (me asinum ger manum fuisse), for the stiffest and most elaborate of his political epistles.---ForsytlesLtie of Gloom A STATUE TO BERNARD PALISSY is proposed to be erected at Saintes, his birthplace. A STATUE OF SIGNOR ROSSINI, by Signor Maro chetti, which has been presented to his native town of Pesaro by the Marquis of Salamanca and M. Delahante, will bo shortly inaugurated there, BULWER'S " CAXTONIANA" form v 015.692 and 693 of the Tauchnitz Collection. MISS NIGHTINGALE still remains in town, With out any perceptible change in her health. A LIFE OF FLAXMAN, THE GREAT SCULPTOR.-- Mr. G. F. Terriswood is engaged in collecting materials for a Life of Flagman, the great sculptor. THE SCOTCH LUNACY CASE: caw of Mr. . Angus Macintosh, who brought an action against the proprietors of the Saughton Lunaticv Awheyenumhe. near Edinburgh, for illegally detaining hi e n the kCida last was of sound mind, was brought to geb the r - We gave the evidence of the alleged days ago. On Friday, the jury, BfteraaCeltfority o y f nine e to siding judge, returned a verdict, a l ueni Globe i ar c " himself y a few , m. he counsel causes, in favour seption to the principles of law for Mr. Macintosh took ea three, which it will be recollectedbyis allowed in Scotch laid down . btile pofresthiclino keeper giud of the asylu T. : 6 ir i ll 0 ° St l/ 40 3, tit o; op r , co o or° 119' o°' $ 600111 kv.16.4 12.10 nhar, Sk too 1 stock stack stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook I took 20 20 100 100 stook stock stock 20 stock 50 100 13.14, 6.4.0 'SSE Pala - all NO 23 25 491 f 109 i 101 53 2t 95a i 104 31 1031